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Last weekend, the twenty Italian villages involved in the Una bocata d’arte project – which we told you about here – finally inauguration of Selected installations created by international artists Elpis Foundation, Galleria Continua and Three’s Production.

Today we’re going to dig deeper top ten projects which, for the sake of convenience, we have identified in the northern part of our peninsula, traveling east to west, passing through Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna today and ending in Umbria. Our journey down south continues next week, with a new assignment to discover another ten village-artist pairs.

#1 Leonardo Meoni, if you live in the place (Liguria)
Starting from the east, we meet the beautiful Liguria which leads us to the village Castelvecchio of Rocca Barbena (sv) with installation by the artist Leonardo Meoni (Florence, 1994). This village with only 140 residents has been hailed as one of the most beautiful villages in Italy and, no wonder, it’s incredibly peaceful. meoni thinks about it right The connection between Castelvecchio and his silence, installation, entitled if you live in the place, is a comprehensive intervention that transforms recurring elements and shapes in the area into works – from the stained glass windows to the plow furrow. One of the three establishments in the village is located in the lower class. by title RideThe work is a tunnel of sorts made of hand-painted glass through which the viewer admires the landscape outside, filtered through the colors and light falling on it. On the other hand, in the upper part, in Piazza Torre, there is a narcissistic “window” that is illuminated at night, titled a floating light,

#2 Wintermute Victimula (Piedmont)

Invernomuto’s artistic personality includes Simone Bertuzzi (Piacenza, 1983) e Simone Trabucci (Piacenza, 1982) who approach reality from a documentary perspective, although returning an abstract vision. Winter Silent develops outputs through a variety of media, audiovisual, sound and performative. in the small village of Vermogno

In Biella province, Invernomuto experiments with technology, envisions work Victimula, The artists are inspired by the history of the place where activities have taken place for millennia gold digging, Tradition has it that, once found, the gold is not sold but used to make wedding rings. Following this practice, Invernomuto virtually recreated the village of Vermogno and invites visitors to search for “virtual” gold, which is nothing more than token (convertible virtual coins in future contexts designed by Invernomuto via blockchain technology).

#3 Stephanie AgediBody and Subwoofers (Valle d’Aosta)

Stephanie Agedi (1996) Works on the project Body and Subwoofers (BAS) 8.0: Durabilitya site-specific sound installation by Matthew Noble for three. Brazilian artists discuss the therapeutic effects of low-frequency sound, such as the reduction of stress and anxiety. Unfortunately, the decision was based on an inconsistency that emerged during the preparations between the nature of the artistic intervention and the limits imposed by the village, and the Elpis Foundation was forced to remove the artistic intervention in Fenice Village, finding a new location. , which will be notified later.

#4 Jacopo Benassi, upbeat serenade (Lombardy)

It is located on the Lombard coast of Lake Garda. Garden Riviera It is also known as “Garden City”. Firstly it is known as the residence of the poet Gabriel D’Annunzioartist japo benassi (La Spezia, 1970) Puglia chooses the prow of the ship, one of the poet’s evocative relics, as a place of operation. In front of the bow, Benassi’s ten flags are fluttering, symbolizing not a country, but an image in constant motion. Each flag has images of the sea printed in black and white, except for the largest flag, which depicts a skull. The image is undoubtedly reminiscent of the pirate tradition and, at the same time, is one of the most frequently recurring elements in Benassi’s production.

#5 Diego Peron, churning the ocean of milk (Veneto)

diego peron (Esti, 1970) makes the installation churning the ocean of milk In the small village of Kostoza, the details of which the artist has studied geological origin, thus being able to be inspired by them for the creation of his chalcographic prints on plaster. ,Hundreds of meters of strata of this stone (from Vicenza) were formed due to the crushing and accumulation of sand, shells, crustaceans and organic remains. The presence of a warm and oxygenated ocean initiated this process, while the collapse of an ancient coral reef, the raising of its ocean floor, and the retreat of the water ended it.reads curatorial text by john james palin, Thus, Perron’s works are a journey to discover this environmental process that dates back more than thirty million years, including a selection of explanatory books.

#6 Benjamin Jones, to live within a second (Trentino Alto Adige)

To Pieve Tecino

In the province of Trento, the extensive work of benjamin jones, with the intention of creating moments of rest in front of elements important to the history and morphology of the village. These are compositions made of two superimposed photographs. The artist photographs the Sun in the sky with different exposures. Each image consists of two suns, which are always located on the sides, away from each other. In this way, Jones It represents distance simultaneously and at the same time, Arguing over two different spirits of the place. On the one hand, the starting point of those who brought prints with themes of that time throughout Europe, and on the other, the homeland of Alcide de Gasperi, the founder of the European Community.

#7 Judith Hoff, relationship lasts (Fuli-Venezia Giulia)

artist judith hoff (1969) examines the area of Aquileia, the relationship between the ancient and the contemporary. Two sculptures, one made of cement and one made of clay, depict two human figures intended to use one smartphones, The artist reflects the daily use of the tool, it is a mechanical and mundane action like a fisherman casting his net or a shepherd calling his sheep. Appearance of two idols- phone user 1 And phone user 4 – refer to an ancient region, as if it were archaeological finds of our time,

#8 Raghad is successful, the mountain is still moving (Emilia Romagna)

Emilia Romagna takes us to the province of Piacenza, exactly one beam Together the mountain is still moving by Palestinian artist and architect Raghad Sakfalhait, This step, curated by Sofia Baldi Pighi, presents a project that reflects the stories and millennia of geological history of the inhabitants of Travo. Sculptures are made from materials of varying durability, from clay to marble. all to reach a conclusion that comes closer than thereFantasy image of Perduka and Percelara stones, The artist, in consultation with the local archive, creates a video and emotional mapping of Trévo’s inhabitants, starting from the notion that landscape and community are living organisms capable of influencing each other. one that remains artist path – A real physical and mental journey – an aesthetic tool for the reappropriation of spaces and time devoted only to listening and paying attention, to discover works in the field.

#9 Theodoulos Polyviou, rosa mystique (Tuscany)

video work of theodoulos polyviou (1989) located inside the church of San Remigio fosdinovo, follows the past events of an Annunciation Angel statue that went missing in 1628. According to history, after a few years, a statue of the Madonna appeared right inside the church of San Remigio. The artist creates by being aware of this history of that place A video installation with scanning technology and digital animationin which the bodies of Madonna and Angel stage an eternal mutilation.

#10 Matia Paje, thinkervillar stack (Umbria)

Our journey, for the time being, ends in Umbria, more precisely toscolano in the province of Terni. artist here matia paje (1991) sets up two engraved plates, one in copper and one in zinc, placing them on opposite sides (north and south) of the village. The engraving on the copper plate is the result of a dialogue between the artist and the local residents who “They describe possible and impossible urban, architectural and artistic interventions that do not yet exist– reads curatorial text by marco diiso, Zinc, on the other hand, shows geometric figures, numbers and diagrams which are nothing more than symbols and numerical sequences which should favor the realization of the ideas engraved on the first plate.

For more information, consult the Una Boccata d’Arte website.